Attorney General George Jepsen said he filed an agreement Monday in Hartford Superior Court that would revoke the pension of a former Winchester finance director convicted of stealing $2 million from the Litchfield County town.
Henry L. Centrella Jr., who served in his position for 36 years, was sentenced earlier this month to 11 years in prison. He pleaded guilty in January to five counts of first-degree larceny.
Jepsen’s office said Centrella signed a stipulation for judgement agreeing to have his approximately $34,380 pension revoked. He also agreed that his $92,000 in employee contributions during his time in the job would be used as restitution to the town.
A 2008 law authorizes the attorney general to ask a court to revoke the pension of any state or municipal official or employee convicted of any crime related to his office.
